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Conceptual illustration of hierarchically nested population units

By Fort Collins Science Center September 2019 (approx.)
Polygons at different levels, getting smaller at the fine scale level.
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Conceptual illustration of hierarchically nested population units (O’Donnell and others, 2022). Management/population units of aggregated breeding sites (leks) support comparisons of populations across different scales to ascertain local and regional drivers affecting population changes.

 

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